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NASCAR
Posted on 2/21/10 at 6:39 pm
Posted on 2/21/10 at 6:39 pm
i really do not understand how people get into this. ur sitting there watching cars go around in circles, yea they're goin really fast, but i don't understand why it's so big.
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Posted on 2/21/10 at 6:41 pm to Dan In Real Life
Awesome post
Posted on 2/21/10 at 6:43 pm to Dan In Real Life
I know a lot of engineering types into it for the technology of the cars or the pit crews use to increase performance. That's the only appeal I could fathom for NASCAR.
Posted on 2/21/10 at 6:44 pm to CunningLinguist
It's the dumbest thing I've ever seen. My roommate takes up half our damn tivo with that shite, it's torturous.
Posted on 2/21/10 at 6:44 pm to CunningLinguist
i just don't know how its considered a sport.
Posted on 2/21/10 at 7:12 pm to Dan In Real Life
Posted on 2/21/10 at 7:39 pm to Dan In Real Life
Go to a race and then comeback and say you don't like it. There's a lot more goin on than cars just driving in a circle.
Posted on 2/21/10 at 7:41 pm to crimsonsaint
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Go to a race and then comeback and say you don't like it
+1
Posted on 2/21/10 at 7:43 pm to crimsonsaint
I had similar views until I started watching it regularly in 2004. my roommate was a huge fan so i gave it a chance.
I picked a driver, then kinda became invested in the driver like i'm invested in LSU or the Saints. it greatly added to my enjoyment of the sport as I had someone to root for.
then i started hating guys who fricked over my guys. also added to it, almost as much as liking a guy.
i dont know, i mean its like anything...some like it, some hate it. who gives a shite?
I picked a driver, then kinda became invested in the driver like i'm invested in LSU or the Saints. it greatly added to my enjoyment of the sport as I had someone to root for.
then i started hating guys who fricked over my guys. also added to it, almost as much as liking a guy.
i dont know, i mean its like anything...some like it, some hate it. who gives a shite?
Posted on 2/21/10 at 7:57 pm to smyce
Once I started watching I realize there is alot of stratagy. Just go to Talladega one weekend. You will enjoy it.
Posted on 2/21/10 at 8:00 pm to smyce
"who gives a shite"
I could careless who doesn't like it.
It does irk me when ppl say drivers aren't athletes. You could put a NBA player, MLB player, or golfer in a race car, in a firesuit, and make em drive a 500 mile race in July and I guarantee they say that's the hardest workout they've ever had.
I could careless who doesn't like it.
It does irk me when ppl say drivers aren't athletes. You could put a NBA player, MLB player, or golfer in a race car, in a firesuit, and make em drive a 500 mile race in July and I guarantee they say that's the hardest workout they've ever had.
Posted on 2/21/10 at 8:02 pm to smyce
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I had similar views until I started watching it regularly in 2004. my roommate was a huge fan so i gave it a chance. I picked a driver, then kinda became invested in the driver like i'm invested in LSU or the Saints. it greatly added to my enjoyment of the sport as I had someone to root for. then i started hating guys who fricked over my guys. also added to it, almost as much as liking a guy. i dont know, i mean its like anything...some like it, some hate it. who gives a shite?
this pretty much sums it out. the in race "drama" and season long "drama" is a big draw.
Posted on 2/21/10 at 8:02 pm to crimsonsaint
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You could put a NBA player, MLB player, or golfer in a race car, in a firesuit, and make em drive a 500 mile race in July and I guarantee they say that's the hardest workout they've ever had.
You are assuming they don't crash and die
Posted on 2/21/10 at 8:13 pm to SG_Geaux
Excluding Dale Earnhardt Sr, name one other driver that has died while racing.
Posted on 2/21/10 at 8:20 pm to crimsonsaint
alan kulwicki
Posted on 2/21/10 at 8:26 pm to smyce
I can name probably 7 or 8, but he can't, and that was the point of the question. It is so rare, that his question shouldn't have even been asked.
Posted on 2/21/10 at 8:31 pm to smyce
Smyce said it perfectly. NASCAR is much easier to get into if you pick a favorite driver to follow. But, more importantly, you have to have a driver that you truely can't stand and wish will wreck each race.
Posted on 2/21/10 at 8:49 pm to crimsonsaint
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Excluding Dale Earnhardt Sr, name one other driver that has died while racing.
adam petty, kenny irwin jr, jd mcduffie...would you like me to keep going?
that being said, i can name several more that have been so fricked up by crashes they couldn't drive a race car...or any car again for that matter.
This post was edited on 2/21/10 at 8:51 pm
Posted on 2/21/10 at 8:51 pm to crimsonsaint
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I can name probably 7 or 8, but he can't,
Quit being a douche, He's not talking about professional drivers, he talking about a fricking "balla" trying to drive the COT 500 miles at 190 mph, grant it they probably won't die, but very likely to crash...
Cliff Notes, Quit being a douche arse
Posted on 2/21/10 at 9:04 pm to Ya Boy
My apologies if I came across as a douche. I was pointing out the fact that driving a race car takes more of a toll on your body than playing other sports. His response was "if they don't crash and die". Dying in a race car probably happens less often then being struck by lightning. That said, 
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